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1876–2024
Morrill County, Nebraska
Morrill County·Nebraska

Morrill County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Nebraska's widest presidential margins runs through sandhills ranch country

18762024·38 elections
Morrill County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,534
2024 ACS
Most similar
Niobrara County
WY · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 2,430 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−68.3%
3662,0262,430
2020R
−67.5%
3862,1132,558
2016R
−68.7%
2841,8022,209
2012R
−56.0%
4551,6812,190
2008R
−49.7%
5571,7252,351
2004R
−54.9%
4951,7552,293
2000R
−53.2%
4601,5972,138
1996R
−30.7%
6201,2962,202
1992R
−24.1%
5771,1852,527
1988R
−34.4%
7541,5562,331
1984R
−60.2%
4641,8882,366
1980R
−54.4%
5121,8932,540
1976R
−16.0%
9711,3512,379
1972R
−54.0%
5201,7402,260
1968R
−45.4%
4801,5162,281
1964R
−14.6%
1,2281,6492,877
1960R
−25.5%
1,1992,0203,219
1956R
−27.5%
1,0291,8102,839
1952R
−47.0%
8972,4853,382
1948R
−5.6%
1,3201,4782,798
1944R
−28.7%
1,1081,9983,106
1940R
−20.2%
1,4712,2143,685
1936D
+18.9%
1,9991,3543,404
1932D
+17.3%
2,0081,4063,476
1928R
−49.8%
7652,3183,121
1924R
−16.6%
7341,1532,519
1920R
−33.5%
6671,3662,085
1916D
+29.3%
8884701,428
1912D
+14.7%
3912271,118
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.8%
Mainline Protestant
15.1%
Other Christian
13.5%
Baptist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morrill County sits in the Nebraska Panhandle, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has returned Republican presidential margins above 60 points in each of the last three cycles, making it one of the most lopsided counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Morrill County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Morrill County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,500, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,534 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Niobrara County and Furnas County.